When Anthropic launched its legal plugin on 3 February, public markets interpreted it as an existential threat to legal software vendors. Yesterday’s (24 February) announcements show what adaptation looks like. Harvey is plugging into Claude to expand its reach as enterprise users consolidate around foundation model platforms, while LexisNexis is absorbing the same technology inside Protégé to reinforce its data…
Continue Reading From market meltdown to strategic realignment: Harvey and LexisNexis chart diverging paths with Anthropic

For more than two years, lawyers have been told that success with generative AI depended on writing better prompts and a search for the perfect “magic wand” prompting formula. That was the wrong lesson. The real change in 2026 is not found in the model itself, but in the professional posture required to use it. Reasoning systems do not fail…
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By Ashwin Gohil
Thomson Reuters this week announced that CoCounsel, its AI platform, is now accessible to one million professionals – a significant milestone for a product launched only in 2023, and further evidence of the rapid adoption of AI within the professional services sector.Advertisement
David Wong, the media and data giant’s chief product officer, said CoCounsel is used in…
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February has been a month that reminded us just how quickly the legal tech ground can shift under our feet.Our most‑read story of the month was the launch of Anthropic’s Claude legal plugin, which sent shockwaves not just through legal tech, but across the wider SaaS market. Whether you see it as disruption, overreaction or simply the next inevitable step…
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As I continue my LawNext on Location series – all recorded live in the San Francisco area at locations of each guest’s choosing – he sits down with Pablo Arredondo at his home in Tiburon, a quaint Marin County town with a history stretching from Mexican land grants to naval outposts to a southern railway […]
Continue Reading LawNext on Location: The View from Tiburon – A Conversation with Pablo Arredondo, Casetext Cofounder

Pinsent Masons announced yesterday (23 February) that it has selected legal GenAI tool Legora across its corporate, commercial and property groups following a successful pilot programme.
This partnership will bring the firm’s total number of Legora users to 1,000, with plans to expand this further as use cases are proven. The implementation will be supported by an expanding cohort of AI Champions…
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Purpose Legal senior vice president of digital forensics Jerry Bui discusses the strain gen AI-related data growth is placing on e-discovery infrastructure and how the field of digital forensics is adapting.
Continue Reading E-Discovery Tools ‘Breaking at the Seams' in Gen AI Era: A Chat With Legalweek Speaker Jerry Bui